Condenser and Dripper for Coffee or Tea Pots. (open access)

Condenser and Dripper for Coffee or Tea Pots.

Patent for "a combined condenser and dripper for coffee or tea pots, the main object of the invention being the provision of a combined condenser and dripper to be attached to and used in connection with an ordinary coffee or tea pot; second, to construct a condenser readily connected to or disconnected from the lid of coffee or tea pot, and to have the reservoir or body of the condenser a proper distance above the pot to prevent its receiving external heat from the pot; and thereby, to produce such condenser and dripper at a minimum cost; and perfect in its operation" (lines 25-38).
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: McClellan, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gear-Shifting Mechanism for Harvester-Conveyers. (open access)

Gear-Shifting Mechanism for Harvester-Conveyers.

Patent for a locking-lever for the gear-shifting mechanism for harvester-conveyers. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1891
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder. (open access)

Grain-Binder.

Patent for "an improvement in grain-binders... which can be so constructed as to receive the grain direct from the platform of the reaper without the assistance of elevating mechanism." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1889
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Adjusting Mechanism (open access)

Lamp-Adjusting Mechanism

Patent for a new and improved lamp-adjusting mechanism for automobiles and other vehicles that directs light from lamps in any direction, within a certain arc, in order to illuminate any object at the side of the road or street, with illustrations (lines 10-20).
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support. (open access)

Tongue-Support.

Patent for an improved wagon tongue spring that weighs less and wears less on the horse's neck than other tongue-supports.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Savage, Thomas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Conveyer for Binders, &c. (open access)

Grain-Conveyer for Binders, &c.

Patent for improvements in grain conveyers by using a slotted platform with parallel walls on the sides, a conveyer-block having arms and friction-rollers that is moved by an endless chain in between the walls, a lever keyed on a shaft and two gears in constant mesh with each other; all these parts working together to creating a mechanism that drives the conveyers in either direction to accomplish the binding of the grains. Illustration is included.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Hoe Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for an improved cultivator with a hoe-attachment that can be "thrown into and out of operation and employed for thinning crops simultaneous with the cultivation of the same with as much convenience and accuracy as the ordinary hand hoe and with greater expedition" (lines 13-18).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Eriksen, Eduard A. O. & Day, William Howell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Trip-Foot (open access)

Spring Trip-Foot

Patent for a spring trip-foot. This invention is designed for use in supporting a small plow carried behind the planter. Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Vance, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History